The command line remains one of the most powerful tools in any operating system, and that, of course, includes Windows 11. You may be used to using a graphical interface for most things, but there's ...

I love Windows Terminal: it unifies PowerShell, Command Prompt and WSL into fast, keyboard-driven tabs. winget installs, updates, and uninstalls apps with one command—no hunting for installers. WSL ...

You should be using the command-line interface for Microsoft 365 Your email has been sent Administering Microsoft 365 can be complex. Much of what you need to do can be done through its web portal, ...

With the CLI tool winapp, Microsoft wants to simplify Windows development for cross-platform developers. It handles SDK ...

Last year Microsoft introduced a preview of Windows Package Manager, a utility that lets you install Windows applications from a command prompt. Basically it’s the Windows equivalent of the apt, yum, ...

Microsoft's annual BUILD developer conference is currently taking place in Seattle. Of course, much of the BUILD2019 conference consists of talks and news about Microsoft's efforts with its developer, ...

Microsoft has released new Windows Terminal Preview and Stable updates, focusing on bug fixes, stability improvements, and ...

Microsoft on Thursday announced the "general availability" commercial release of PowerShell Crescendo. PowerShell Crescendo is a new installable module that's used to wrap various "native" utility ...

You had to see this one coming. After all, I wrote a book about it. However, I’m still amazed at the number of people that don’t know what PowerShell is. So, here is my pitch, hopefully people take ...

Operating systems need at least a minimum of maintenance to run properly over the long term. While some important tools are already included from Microsoft, many professionals want or need more ...

Developers on GitHub who prefer the command line (CLI) in a terminal are gaining an official CLI tool for managing changes to open-source projects. GitHub has announced the beta of the command-line ...

If you immerse yourself in Microsoft history for long enough, you’ll come across more than one story about staff trying to add more command-line features to its operating systems. The plans go up the ...